fredley Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Currently I use filemaker developer 7. I am importing from 30 different databases, labeled database1.fp7, database2.fp7. I want to be able to select from a drop down list a number, and then be able to click import without typing in 30 slightly different file paths (I wouldnt mind doing it once, but at the moment I'm doing it a lot for different networks and different filepaths...) If you can do this in 8.5 please tell me and i'll upgrade... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredley Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Oh and incidently, is it possible to do the same for file references? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdealData Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 FM8 introduced SCRIPT VARIABLES that can also be used in calculations. You can set the script variable to a filespec - so roughly speaking the answer is yes. Try the freee evaluation download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredley Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 (edited) This looks like the answer, but i have a problem: My filepath for import is set to: filewin://rgs-guildford.co.uk/Shares/Teaching Resources/Modern Languages/audy/$Import And I set $Import to be "export (" & database::ID & ").fp7", but I get the error message Cannot find $Import When Importing. For some reason it is not recognizing the variable... Tom Edited September 16, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredley Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 Ok i've fiddled with it, got it working, however no joy for file references, still have to type those in manually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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